Rumors have been flying on Canon forums all over the net about what Canon would release as their next new camera. Well Canon released their newest camera this morning. It is called the 30D and is reported as a “mild evolution of the EOS 20D.”

From what I can tell there were only a few notable changes to the 20D including:

• Larger LCD Monitor
• Soft-touch shutter release
• Spot metering
• Increased life of shutter

There were some other minor (IMO) upgrades but nothing that made me wish I had waited to make the upgrade to the 20D. Some of them include: body design revisions, faster start up (how can you complain about 2 milliseconds of the 20D), ISO selectable in 1/3 stops instead of 1 stop, Selectable 5 or 3 fps continuous shooting modes, and more. You can read more about it here.

I know some people will be disappointed that Canon has not made more changes to the 20D but I am not surprised. The 20D is a fantastic camera leaving little to be desired. People are so hung up on megapixels and thinking more is always better, but this 8.2 mp produces such clean images that they can easily be printed 16×20 without compromising quality. I am sure that Canon knows both sides of this argument and when Nikon released their D200 with 10 MP in the same price range it made them look twice. However I believe that Canon has a great camera lineup that is more than competitive and with their lens selection and quality of build how can you go wrong when buying Canon?